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236: Vera of Taxi Girls talks to us about: Where do names come from, Punk linguistics, Origin of Taxi Girls, Vera and Jamie writing team, Ego disillusion, Guitar solos that make you cry, Highs and lows, Flow of a record, plus much much static more static STATIC!

Taxi Girls on Bandcamp
Taxi Girls at STOMP
Wild Honey Records on Facebook

Episode 235: Dan Vapid of Sludgeworth talks to us about one inch equals one inch, toby and red scare, lineup changes and the additions of simon, enthusiasm is an important aspect of being in a band, 35 years later/maximizing strength, science & philosophy, instant gratification and the flow of a record and the bigger picture, plus much worth sludge more!

Second Time Around LP at Red Scare Pre-order (available June 19 2026)
Digital version at bandcamp

Episode 234: CJ Ramone of The Ramones, Bad Chopper, and Spike & The Gimme Gimmes talks to us about Hard Rock & Guitar Pete's Axe Attack - Auditioning and Learning to Downstroke for The Ramones, Living on Long Island & Forming an Identity, Working with Ed Stasium, What it was Like Replacing Dee Dee Ramone and then Becoming his Friend, The Mystery & Privacy of the Ramones, CJ's New Podcast plus one two three more!

CJ Ramones' Patreon for his Podcast, CJ Says: A Ramones Podcast
Jughead's Basement Patreon

Episode 233: Isaac Thotz of The Arrivals, Treasure Fleet, and Clown Sounds talks to us about Growing up in Blue Island, Origin of The Arrivals, One of the House Bands at Fireside Bowl,  Thick to Recess Records, Musical Communities and Isaac's move to San Pedro, Treasure Fleet & Clown Sounds, Preparing for the New Record Payload, Writing Political Songs, We've Been Doing This a Long Time, plus much much molotov more more more!

Bandcamp for The Arrivals Record, PAYLOAD
​Vinyl at Recess Records

Episode 232: Erik Funk of Dillinger Four talks to us about his band Billingsgate - Victory Records to Nemesis Records - The Erik Funk/Erik Fink Story - Bloodline, Angerhouse and the move to Minnesota - The Beginning of Dillinger Four, Friendship, and the thing about Paddy, Dynamics of their voices - How titles fuck with the brain - Aaron Cometbus and Scooby Don't - About the new song, plus much much one two three more more dillinger four!

Dillinger Four Web Page

Episode 231 with Brad and Felix from The Fake Friends.  On This episode we talk about: On being a close-knit group of friends - A deep unlearning  and being liberated from cohesive sludge - Music theory - Groove, dance, and the importance of getting people to move - repetition, monotony, and spontaneity in live performance - Felix wants the whole pie, wearing influences on your sleeves, plus more more and obviously MORE!

The Fake Friends on Stomp Records
The Fake Friends on Bandcamp

Episode 230 with David J Haskins of Bauhaus, Love and Rockets, Night Crickets, Jazz Butcher, Solo Work plus much more, talks to us about from England to LA - Shoe Boxes of Cassette Tapes - Purging & Catharsis - Nostalgia is Two Parts Bullshit, - Love & Rockets, Sabotage, and We Being Us - Intimacy & Living Room Shows - On The Death of Pat & Max of The Jazz Butcher, plus some more.

Information on Tracks From the Attic Revisited
David J Official Website

Jazz Butcher episode on Youtube

Episode 229: SAM RUSSO on Red Scare Industries talks to us about the Future with a Full Band, A Game of Who Can Do What When, Ego & Personal Growth, Iron Maiden Talk, Energy & The Dynamics In Playing Acoustic, Banter & Improvisation, Intimacy With An Audience, I'm So Sad To Meet You, Good Melody Hurts My Teeth And The Legacy of Teenage Bottlerocket, Stone Soup, Relationship With Brendan Kelly & Toby & Red Scare Industries, Personal vs. Relatable plus much much mono e mono solo more!

Sam Russo Website

Episode 228 with Dr. Jack Russell Weinstein of Why? Philosophical Discussions About Everyday Life Podcast.  Jack talks to us about his Biography And Path From New York To North Dakota, SLC Punk - Tribes - And The Internet, We Wanted The Scene To Change our Lives, Parsing And Punk As An Entry Exam, The Ivory Tower & Public Philosophy, We Are Stand-Ins For Our Audience, Perception & Cultural Differences, Fuck The Audience & Subverting Expectations, Ska Music, Appropriation, History & Trust In Potential.  Plus MORE MORE MORE!
Episode on Ska and Jamaican Music
Jack's Radio Show Website
Jack's Web Page

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Episode 227:  Mass Giorgini of Squirtgun, Screeching Weasel, and Common Rider talks to us about Sonic Iguana Studio in Rome, On Singer Kevin and PT's Revenge, Teen Idols Talk, Praises for Zac Damon, Is It Worth Doing Art, The Back Story of Sunflowers and a Bit Of European History, Rising Up Against Injustice, plus more more ghostly, more!

Squirtgun Sunflowers Vinyl EP
Sunflowers For Mario

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